Additional documentation

In your Vissim installation directory, in the folder ..\Doc\Eng\, you can find the following documentation. These are partly also available in other languages.

  • attribute.xlsx:
  • List of tables for base data types and network object types
  • List of attributes, including ID, short name, long name, singular, plural in the languages Vissim is available in.
  • List of EnumStrings: enumeration types with predefined values
  • List of relations: base data types and network object types that have relations to other base data types and network object types, as well as the base data types and/or network object types assigned.
  • BetaTermsOfUse_int.rtf: User agreement for testing beta versions of Vissim
  • CodeMeter_Support.txt: Information on support for WIBU CodeMeter dongle
  • CodeMeterAdministratorManual6.50_en.pdf: CodeMeter Administrator manual version 6.50 - April 2017
  • DataPrivacyStatement_int.pdf: Privacy policy on how we deal with usage data
  • LicenseAgreement.pdf: End user license agreement for Vissim
  • LISA+_OMTC.pdf: only in directory ..\Doc\Deu\: Information on VIAP LISA+ / Vissim interface
  • Manual PTV Balance ENG.pdf: PTV Balance user manual in English
  • Manual PTV Epics ENG.pdf: PTV Epics user manual in English
  • PTV Vision License Borrowing.pdf: How to manage sublicenses of a Thesis license for Vision Traffic Suite products
  • ReleaseNotes_Vissim_<language ID>.pdf: Release notes
  • Overview_CodeMeter.pdf: Information on how to use the CodeMeter Runtime Kit and set up CodeMeter as a dongle server
  • VAP_<version>_<language ID>.pdf: User manual for VAP add-on module, which allows you to simulate a freely programmable, stage or signal group oriented, traffic-actuated signal control
  • vap_chan_<version>_<language ID>.txt: upgrades and bug fixes in VAP/SIM
  • Vissim 2020 - COM Intro.pdf: Introduction into the Vissim COM interface in English

Using the Component Object Model (COM) interface and scripts, you can access data and functions in Vissim. By default, the Vissim 2020 - COM.chm file and the COM interface Help are saved to the directory ..\PTV Vissim 2020.00-03\Exe.

  • Vissim 2020 - Manual.pdf: User manual, including descriptions of functions, network objects and attributes.
  • Vissim 2020 - Installation Manual.pdf: Installation instructions for the current Vissim version
  • Vissim 2020 - what's new.pdf: Description of the most important changes in Vissim 11 compared to Vissim 2020

They contain information on changes, bug fixes, and new features available in the Vissim service packs. You can access the information by keyword search. New service packs are provided for download on a regular basis on the PTV GROUP website.

  • VisVAP <version> <language ID>.pdf: User manual VisVAP (tool that allows you to display the program logic as a flow chart)
The directory ..\Doc\Eng\ also includes the following documentation:
  • Manual_RBC.pdf: Ring Barrier Controller Manual
  • Manual_Synchro_Import.pdf: Synchro Import Manual
  • release_notes_RBC.txt: Ring Barrier Controller Release Notes

Superordinate topic:

Documents